Adjustable curtain rod



Patented Aug. 19, 1930 stares MARGARET E. RUNSER, OF' NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN ROD Application filed October 22, 1929. Serial No. 401,455. I

'5 provision of a pair of brackets attachable to the sides of a window frame to providev companion slides, and a rod for a curtain and a rodqfor a drapery mounted at their ends in supports which are adjustable in the slides, whereby the curtain and drapery carriedb'y said rods may be lowered from their uppermost position to enable a housewife or other person to easily remove the curtain or drapery, or dust the same.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an adjustable rod for supporting a curtain or drapery, which will be of simple construction and be able to sustain the weight of a drapery or curtain.

Other objects and vadvantages of the invention will be hereinafter specifically pointed out, or will become apparent, as the specification proceeds.

WVith the above indicated objects in'vie'w, the invention resides in certain novel construction and arrangement of parts, clearly described in the following specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which latter show an embodiment of the invention as at present preferred.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the device applied to a window.

Figure 2 is a detail end elevation, show- 5 ing the supports in their normal raised pos1t1on. I

-Figure 3 is a similar view showing supports in their lower position. Figure 4 is a detall top plan view.

Figure 5 is a detail horizontal sectional view on an enlarged scale. s

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the supports.

Referring to the accompanying'drawings,

5 and 6 designate the right andleft sides of a window. To the right sidean elongated bracket 7 is attached. This bracket is in the form of a long metal strip or plate, having a guiding portion or bod 8, which is through which fastening means or screws 11 are driven into the window frame side 5. This guiding portion or body is formed with a longitudinal slot 12, parallel to the side edges of said strip, and extending uninterruptedly towards the end portions of the said strip. o

The left side '6 of the window frame is provided with a similar bracket 13, having offset terminal feet 14 and '15, secured by the fasteners. 16, and provided with a longitudinal slot 17 parallel to the side edges of said strip.

A fiat metal support-18 is inserted edgewise in the slot 12 of the bracket 7. This support is formed withan enlarged portion at its upper end which is provided with a rectangular slot 19 and outwardly of this slot and preferably nearer'the upper end of v the enlarger portion, is providedan additional rectangular slot 20. The lower end of the. support is reducedto provide a retaining lug or finger 21, which is adapted to restinthe pocket 22 provided between the lower end of the body 8 and the adjacent face of the window frame side, to retain the support'lSin an elevated position.

Inthe longitudinal slot 17 of the opposite bracket a support 23 is arranged edgewise and this support is also retained in an elevated position by. means 'of alug or finger 24 that is similar to finger 21. V

The support 23 is provided on its upper end with an inner rectangular slot 25 and with an outer rectangular slot 26.

In the inner slot of thesupport 18 the outer endof the curtain rod section 27 is inserted and in the inner slot of the support 23 the outer end of companion curtain rod section 28 is inserted. The inner ends of-the rod sections 27 and 28are coupled-by means of the sliding sleeve 29in order to retain the curtain rod comprising the sections 27 and 28 coupled to nd 28 in adjusted position, as clearly shown in Figure 5; and a like thumb screw 29 is provided for the sleeve or collar 32.

In the outer slots of the supports 18 and 23 the U-shaped outer ends 30 and 31 of the drapery rod sections 80 and 31 are inserted, so that the rod sections 30 and 31 extend forwardly of the supports 18 and 23. The inner ends of the sections 30 and 31 are coupled to each other by means of the sliding sleeve 32.

In their upper positions the supports 18 and 23 hold the sectional rods near the upper end of the window frame. By lifting the fingers on the lower ends of said supports the sectional rods may be lowered and are held in their lowered position by straight shoulders formed by recesses 33, the shoulders bemg received in the pockets 22 as shown 1n Flgure 3.

o The sections of the rods are adjustable on each other to make the device fit windows of slots therein, supports slidably mounted in said slots and being provided with slots disposed adjacent the upper ends thereof, a finger arrange at the lower end of each of the supports and adaped to be received in pockcts formed at thelower ends of the brackets for securing the supports in raised position, v

curtain rods having their ends arranged in the slots of the upper ends of the supports, one of said rods cooperating with the brackets for holding the supports slidably mounted in the slots, and said supports having means received in the pockets for holding the supports in lowered position.

2-. A curtain fixture comprising elongated brackets, annular feet formed therewith and providing each bracket with an offset body portion having a longitudinally disposed slot formed therein, a support mounted "for slidable movement 1n each slot, an enlarged portion. formed with the upper end of each support and being provided with slots arranged out of alignment with respect to eachother,

curtain rods received in the slots of the enlarged portions,one of said curtain rods cot; operating with the bottoms of the brackets forretaining the supports slidably associated with respect to the brackets, a finger formed on the lower end of each support and adapted to be received by the lower end of its bracket, for holding the support in an elevated position, and said supports being provided with recesses arranged at the juncture with the enlarged portions therewith, and providing shoulders adapted to receive the lower ends of the brackets for holding the supports in their lowered positions.

In testimony whereof I hereby affiX my signature.

MARGARET E. RUNSER. 

